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DANA: FAR, WE KNOW OF FOUR
HOMES IN THIS AREA WHERE
NEIGHBORS SAY THE LIGHTS WERE
EITHER RIPPED DOWN OR TAKEN
COMPLETELY.
>> IT WAS PLUGGED RIGHT HERE
INTO THE GROUND, HOOKED UP TO A
TIMER, PROJECTING ONTO THE WALL
THERE AND THAT WAS LIKE A $40
ITEM.
DANA: IN THE SEASON GIVING,
NEIGHBORS IN TAHOE PARK SAY A
GRINCH IS RUINING THEIR
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
MANY LIKE CJ CARAOS HAVE HAD
EXPENSIVE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
STOLEN FROM THEIR HOMES OR
RIPPED FROM THE GUTTERS.
>> ALL WE REALLY WANTED TO DO
WAS JUST DECORATE THE HOUSE SO
THAT YOU KNOW WHEN PEOPLE STOP
BY THIS INTERSECTION, THEY KIND
OF JUST LOOK AT IT AND ADMIRE IT
AND KNOWING THAT THEY'RE IN TH
CHRISTMAS ATMOSPHERE, THAT
SPIRIT IS OUT THERE.
DANA: THE STOLEN LIGHTS HAVE
OCCURRED ON
63RD AND 4TH
TWICE ON 62ND AND 14TH AVENUE.
AND 59TH STREET NEAR TAHOE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
NEIGHBORS REALIZED THEY WERE ALL
HIT ON THE SAME NIGHT AFTER
DISCUSSING THE THEFTS ON THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH APP.
>> SHASHI SAID THAT
SHE HEARD A
NOISE, THOUGHT SOMETHING FELL
AND WENT OUT AND CHECKED, AND
SAW SOME LIGHTS HAD VANISHED.
>> I THINK MY FIRST NATURAL
INCLINATION IS TO BE UPSET BUT
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE
HARDER.
I FEEL SORRY FOR A PERSON WHO
WOULD STEAL CHRISTMAS LIGHTS.
THEY OBVIOUSLY NEED IT MORE THAN
I DO.
IF THEY'RE THAT HARD UP, BUT I
DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN BE SUCH A
GRINCH.
DANA: ALTHOUGH DISAPPOINTED,
NEIGHBORS SAY THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO LET IT RUIN THE HOLIDAY.

Thieves targeted the Tahoe Park neighborhood in Sacramento Monday night, taking Christmas lights from homes or ripping off gutters.
Several residents said they're upset someone is trying to ruin their holiday spirit.
"All we really wanted to do was just decorate the house,” theft victim Allen Virtusio said. “When people stop by this intersection, they kind of just look at it and admire it and knowing that they're in that Christmas atmosphere.”
The thefts happened on 63rd and 4th avenues, twice on 62nd and 14th avenues and on 59th Street near Tahoe Elementary School.
Neighbors realized they were hit on the same night after discussing the thefts on their neighborhood watch app. Neighbors said they've reported the thefts to police.
One neighbor believes she saw a silver or grey sedan, possibly a Chrysler Sebring or Chrysler 200, take off after she caught the thieves in the act.
For neighbors, these lights mean a lot.
“I think my first natural inclination is to be upset. But when I think about it a little harder, I feel sorry for a person who would steal Christmas lights,” theft victim Isaac Gonzales said. “They obviously need it more than I do if they're that hard up. But, I don't know how you can be such a Grinch.”
Although disappointed, neighbors said they're not going to let it ruin the holiday.
"We're still going to try and light up our house with more Christmas lights and still keep the spirit alive," theft victim CJ Caraos said.

Several residents said they're upset someone is trying to ruin their holiday spirit.

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"All we really wanted to do was just decorate the house,” theft victim Allen Virtusio said. “When people stop by this intersection, they kind of just look at it and admire it and knowing that they're in that Christmas atmosphere.”

The thefts happened on 63rd and 4th avenues, twice on 62nd and 14th avenues and on 59th Street near Tahoe Elementary School.

Neighbors realized they were hit on the same night after discussing the thefts on their neighborhood watch app. Neighbors said they've reported the thefts to police.

One neighbor believes she saw a silver or grey sedan, possibly a Chrysler Sebring or Chrysler 200, take off after she caught the thieves in the act.

For neighbors, these lights mean a lot.

“I think my first natural inclination is to be upset. But when I think about it a little harder, I feel sorry for a person who would steal Christmas lights,” theft victim Isaac Gonzales said. “They obviously need it more than I do if they're that hard up. But, I don't know how you can be such a Grinch.”

Although disappointed, neighbors said they're not going to let it ruin the holiday.

"We're still going to try and light up our house with more Christmas lights and still keep the spirit alive," theft victim CJ Caraos said.